What’s the trick to getting the leaderboard plugin to display on the right sidebar component? Is there something we are missing?
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In a support discussion about displaying a leaderboard in the right sidebar component under the gamification category, Helen22 asked for help configuring the leaderboard plugin. JammyDodger confirmed the setup appeared correct and reminded users to save changes using the green tick and ensure the theme component is properly added. Helen22 reported that despite following these steps, the leaderboard still didn’t appear, though other blocks did — suggesting a possible need to upgrade Discourse (then on 2.9.0.beta9). JammyDodger tested locally and found the feature working on the latest version, recommending an upgrade and checking if the leaderboard is accessible via its own page — which Helen22 confirmed it was. pmusaraj clarified that the Discourse version itself isn’t the issue, but rather the gamification plugin likely needed updating, as the sidebar leaderboard feature was added within the last 10 days. Finally, Helen22 confirmed the upgrade resolved the issue, and the leaderboard now displays correctly in the sidebar — celebrating the success with emojis.
That seems good to me. 
(as long as that’s the id of the leaderboard you want to include 
). You also need to save using the green tick after saving the changes in the editor, which I think has caught a few people out:
(Also checking to see that the theme component has been added to your theme gets me quite often too )
Yeah, we’ve done all that and can see other blocks we’ve added, just not the leaderboard.
We think we need to update the version of Discourse (currently running 2.9.0.beta9).
Could there be anything else we can try?
I’ve tried a few misconfigurings to try and break it, but it seems to be working fine on my test site. My site is on the latest version (as of this morning) so updating yours may help.
Can you access that leaderboard through its own page?
Great, we’ll try upgrading and see if that works 
Yes, we can access the leaderboard through its own page.
The Discourse version itself doesn’t affect this, but it’s a likely indicator that the gamification plugin hasn’t been updated recently. This feature was added to that plugin over the past 10 days or so.
I can confirm that the upgrade worked, and we can now see the leaderboard in the right sidebar component 
